Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is a British actress, particularly well known for her film and television appearances, most recently the BBC series, Wives and Daughters, Cranford, and Deceit. Annis was born in Rio de Janeiro to a British father and a Brazilian-French mother, moving to England with her family at the age of 7, where she was convent educated. She trained as a ballet dancer and then studied drama at the Corona Stage Academy. She began acting professionally in her teens, and made her film debut in the 1950s. In 1967 she played Estella in a television adaptation of Great Expectations. She also presented children's television programmes.

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  • Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is a British actress, particularly well known for her film and television appearances, most recently the BBC series, Wives and Daughters, Cranford, and Deceit. Annis was born in Rio de Janeiro to a British father and a Brazilian-French mother, moving to England with her family at the age of 7, where she was convent educated. She trained as a ballet dancer and then studied drama at the Corona Stage Academy. She began acting professionally in her teens, and made her film debut in the 1950s. In 1967 she played Estella in a television adaptation of Great Expectations. She also presented children's television programmes. While becoming an increasingly well-known face on screen, she has enjoyed a successful stage career, playing many leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company. At the National Theatre in 1981 she played Natalya Petrovna in Peter Gill's production of Ivan Turgenev's A Month in the Country. She gained notoriety for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Roman Polanski's controversial 1971 film interpretation of Macbeth, particularly her recitation of the famous sleepwalking soliloquy in the nude. She continued to be a leading television actress throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, appearing in series such as Edward the Seventh, Madame Bovary and Parnell and the Englishwoman, in which she played Kitty O'Shea. Her films have included Krull and Dune . She has appeared as "Tuppence" with James Warwick as "Tommy" in Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime stories. She has also appeared in Onassis: The Richest Man in the World, in which she played Jacqueline Kennedy.At the Comedy Theatre in September 2005, she starred in Epitaph for George Dillon alongside Joseph Fiennes . In Autumn 2007 she co-starred with Michael Gambon and Judi Dench as Lady Ludlow in the BBC1 costume drama series Cranford. (en)
  • Francesca Annis (Londen, 14 mei 1944) is een Engelse actrice. Zij speelde op toneel, in films, musicals en in producties voor de televisie. Haar eerste internationale optreden was in 1963 in Cleopatra. Daarna speelde zij een rol in onder andere Lady Macbeth. In een aantal afleveringen van de misdaadserie van schrijfster Agatha Christie was zij ook te zien. In 1983 speelde zij de hoofdrol in Tuppence Beresford naar een boek van Agatha Christie. Ook was zij te zien in gastrollen van de televisieseries Magnum en Simon Templar. Annis was 22 jaar de echtgenote van fotograaf Patrick Wiseman met wie zij twee dochters en een zoon heeft. Tussen 1995 en 2006 was zij de vrouw van de bekende Engelse acteur Ralph Fiennes. Na het bekend worden van een affaire van Fiennes met een zangeres, werd tot een scheiding besloten. (nl)
  • Francesca Annis (ur. 14 maja 1944 roku w Londynie) – brytyjska aktorka teatralna, filmowa i telewizyjna. (pl)
  • Francesca Annis, född 14 maj 1945 i London, England, är en brittisk skådespelerska. Hon är känd från bland annat TV-serierna Lillie, där hon spelar Lillie Langtry, Fruar och döttrar, Cranford och Deceit. Annis spelade 1963 Kleopatras tjänarinna i filmen Cleopatra. Annis har även haft biroller i flera TV-serier, bland andra Helgonet samt Magnum, där hon spelar den förnäma Penelope St. Clair. (sv)
  • Francesca Annis (* 14. Mai 1944 in London) ist eine britische Schauspielerin. (de)
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  • Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is a British actress, particularly well known for her film and television appearances, most recently the BBC series, Wives and Daughters, Cranford, and Deceit. Annis was born in Rio de Janeiro to a British father and a Brazilian-French mother, moving to England with her family at the age of 7, where she was convent educated. She trained as a ballet dancer and then studied drama at the Corona Stage Academy. She began acting professionally in her teens, and made her film debut in the 1950s. In 1967 she played Estella in a television adaptation of Great Expectations. She also presented children's television programmes. (en)
  • Francesca Annis (Londen, 14 mei 1944) is een Engelse actrice. (nl)
  • Francesca Annis (ur. 14 maja 1944 roku w Londynie) – brytyjska aktorka teatralna, filmowa i telewizyjna. (pl)
  • Francesca Annis, född 14 maj 1945 i London, England, är en brittisk skådespelerska. (sv)
  • Francesca Annis (* 14. Mai 1944 in London) ist eine britische Schauspielerin. (de)
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